Anas ibn Malik أَنَس بْنُ مَالِك
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Servant of the Prophet ﷺ for ten years; one of the most prolific narrators of hadith (~2,286 narrations); died in Basra c. 93 AH as the last Companion of his generation in that city.
Overview
Anas ibn Mālik al-Anṣārī (Arabic: أَنَس بْنُ مَالِك; c. 612–710 CE / 10 BH–93 AH) was a young Companion who served the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ for ten years from age ten until the Prophet's ﷺ death — placed in his service by his mother Umm Sulaym after the Hijra to Medina. He is one of the four most prolific narrators of hadith in Islam, with roughly 2,286 narrations.
Role
Anas was a daily eyewitness of the Prophet's ﷺ household life, prayer, treatment of family, and travel. The Prophet ﷺ supplicated for him: "O Allah, give him abundance of wealth and offspring, and bless him in what You give him" (Sahih al-Bukhari 6334). Anas reported having more than 100 children and grandchildren before he died, and was among the wealthiest of the Anṣār.
Famous narration
Anas reported the Prophet ﷺ said: "I served the Prophet ﷺ for ten years, and he never said to me Uff." — Sahih al-Bukhari 6038; Sahih Muslim 2309
Death
He died in Basra around 93 AH (712 CE), aged about 100 — the last Companion to die in Basra.
See also
References
- Sahih al-Bukhari 6038, 6334; Sahih Muslim 2309.
- al-Dhahabī, Siyar Aʿlām an-Nubalāʾ, vol. 3 — entry on Anas.
- Ibn Hajar, al-Iṣābah, entry on Anas ibn Mālik.